1624 in France
# 1624 in France

Events from the year 1624 in France.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Louis XIII

## Events

* Winter – The Rhône and the vineyards of Languedoc freeze.
* January 2 – Disgrace of Nicolas Brûlart de Sillery and Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery.
* January 6 – Étienne Ier d'Aligre becomes Keeper of the Seals of France.
* April 29 – Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu to the Conseil du Roi (Royal Council).
* May – Croquant rebellions in Quercy, suppressed on June 7 by Marshal de Thémines.
* June 10 – Treaty of Compiègne is signed between the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic.
* August 13 – Cardinal Richelieu is appointed by Louis XIII to be his chief minister, having intrigued against Charles de La Vieuville, Superintendent of Finances, arrested for corruption the previous day.
* October 3 – Étienne Ier d'Aligre becomes Grand Chancellor of France.
* October 21 – Edict of Saint-Germain-en-Laye establishes a Chamber of Justice for the investigation of financial abuse and embezzlement in government.
* November 26 – French troops under the Marquis de Ceuvre set out to occupy the forts of Valtellina.
* December 6–10 – Treaties with Venice and the Duke of Savoy over Valtellina.
* The Palace of Versailles is first built by Louis XIII, as a hunting lodge.
* The Parlement passes a decree forbidding criticism of Aristotle, on pain of death.
* Congregation of the Mission settles in the Collège des Bons Enfants in Paris.
* French colonial empire: Coastal trading settlements established in French Guiana and Senegal.

## Births

* January 16 – Pierre Lambert de la Motte, bishop (died 1679)
* March 21 – François Roberday, baroque organist and composer (died 1680)
* March 31 – Antoine Pagi, ecclesiastical historian (died 1699)
* June 11 – Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, cleric and natural philosopher (died 1706)
* August 22 – Jean Regnault de Segrais, poet and novelist born (died 1701)
* August 25 – François de la Chaise, churchman (died 1709)
* October 30 – Paul Pellisson, historian (died 1693)
* November 3 – Jean II d'Estrées, noble (died 1707)
* November 28 – Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d'Andilly, Jansenist nun (died 1684)

    Unknown date
* Louise de Prie, royal governess (died 1709)
* 1624 or 1625 – Gaspard Marsy, sculptor (died 1681)
* Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire, French aristocrat, parliamentarian and poet (died 1702)

## Deaths

* July 31 – Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, "the Good" (born 1563)
* September 25 – Fronton du Duc, Jesuit theologian (born 1558)
